bbaron63's comments

On: Crafting Interpreters

[bbaron63]

It's a fun little exercise left to the reader to upgrade to current Java. It pretty much eliminates the need for his ad-hoc code generation tool.

[wduquette → bbaron63]

Been there, did that, very much enjoy the result.

On: California passes law to reduce volume of commercials on streaming services

[bbaron63]

What will happen to his dog Spot?

On: A computer upgrade shut down BART

[bbaron63]

I believe in one of the Planet of the Apes sequels, they used a BART construction site, because of how futuristic it looked.

[gojomo → bbaron63]

Pre-opening BART tubes were definitely used for George Lucas's first feature film, THX-1138: https://www.sfgate.com/streaming/article/bart-transbay-tube-...

[dredmorbius → bbaron63]

A Streets of San Francisco episode, starting a very young Michael Douglas, was set in the BART tunnels, still under construction, as well.

On: CareerBuilder and Monster job boards, file for bankruptcy

[bbaron63]

I didn't know CareerBuilder still exists. They were the first job site I can recall in the late 90s. Then Monster emerged as the dominant place for job search.

On: Dilbert creator Scott Adams says he will die soon from same cancer as Joe Biden

[bbaron63]

I still have my Etch-a-Sketch as laptop mouse pad.

On: Malicious compliance by booking an available meeting room

[bbaron63]

I've been stuck in meetings like that. I'd just walk out saying, "you know where to find me if my input required."

On: More people are getting tattoos removed

[bbaron63]

When I was leaving for the navy, the last thing my mom said was, "don't get a tattoo." I never did but that was in 1981, maybe half a decade before tattoos and body piercings started becoming a mainstream thing.

On: The Internet Slum: is abandoning the Internet the next big thing? (2004)

[bbaron63]

I remember the first spam I ever received. It was in 1998 on my first day working at AOL. It promised an advanced degree from a prestigious, unaccredited institution. The spammers were somewhat honest back then.

On: Truth Functional Logic for Hackers

[bbaron63]

Presumably, the compiler is not aware of the hardware bug in the OR operation, so it won't do any transforms to avoid using the OR operation.

[tantalor → bbaron63]

Okay so... then patch the compiler? This is basic stuff.

[spartanatreyu → tantalor]

If it were "basic stuff", then you probably weren't using a high performance compiler to begin with.